Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-16

sCSiC5iy pe Tolerated IN the COUNCILS CT G
band Of anarchists. His sppeals TO the
2 bascr had the effect of tanning the
p smoldCriug embers OF religious bigotrv in
? fame; and thus the poor OraGgemen OF
p Ireland presented the pitiable spectacle
: before tie wcrld Of warning sgainst their
t own best interest. His utterauces on
that occasion are 8 sad commentary upon
the intelligence of the party which he ss-
sumed to Iesd in psrt.
have no harsh word 10 say Of the de-
luded CreGt lures, because it was the care =
full training Of the government for years
sagt led them 10 hate their fellow man,
and 10 fight against the very principles
Which made America what she is-the
asylum # the oppressed and dOwntrod-
den. While SUCH things might be ex-
pectsd Of the Orange mob IL Ireland, we
nSd faith 10 believe that IL Canads, in
h35itCd mostly By eX.Ies, who were
driven away from nome by tyranny and
0CspCtSL, that liberty Of speech would
be. permitted, and that the history Of tae
tyranlIcal eNeCti0ns of LansdoVne in
Ireland, resulting in wholes lie Cyic.ions
and starvation, could be told without
riot and bl0odshed. The cause which
| WI! not bear discussion must be con-
demned. They acted very foOiishly ia
| deed fol- themselves; they have lowered
( themselves in the estimation Of
! the people Of the world; for now It is
! seen that they ere the enemies q free
! speech and the friends Of the Cp1rtssor.
/ IIe 3isGCaceful scenes enacted by them
and The taCit cCuuivsnCG OF the author
| tiles is the strongest argument that could
! be Gdduced u favor Of hone rule in Ire
l%nd. Because it proved, both III Ireland
/ and il Canada. that the laTless aud de-
| PRAYED are instruments ID the hands Of
/ The government, end not the law abiding
and tlirGirg people of any Class or creed
! saw the effects Of the fury OF the
ultluE!rz mob upon sn innocent maa
ds / yOkeG upon the wounded and band
aged mead OF the representative Of the
press, as ne faehly came into the capitol
OF tle Empire State, With the brave and
heroic O'Brien, not many weeks ago.
Ana here Let me say Of the members of
that great DrCtessiCE-I mean the press
that TO them we are ind ehted for creating
the great public sentiment which stands
behind our cause to-day, more powerful
IMAM armies CT layieS.
2B This Is said to be the jubilee year CT
Queen Victoria, she having occupied the .
throne for fifty years. The last half cen /
fury = Witnessed wonderful develop /
mrn's IL science, literature AMI art; has /.
Witnessed intellectual and moral advance I
ment CT ECa.ly al nations; has Witnessed (
The American 5eIf rise to the digany Ci
9 freeman. But Guid al this progress 1.
how has Ireland Jared during these fifty
YEAR? WHAT is there - thank Victoria .
tOI? No. for good governments; because I.
Is the tree is known by is fTuit, so is
80 .... 500. d.
and COateG-mGnt az the people md /
snow ule auga. bat discomfort and WOO. .
they have 10 thank her only for s-arva- /
don, oppression, b.0gasncl and crime I.
committed, e. the hands of Tapzoi0us /.
landlords, whose base and dia5oLcaL tx (
actions sac has protected. By : standing /
army " serfs-ior they arG no more.
Sc aas seen the population diminish
from 5000. eco 10 less than 5000, 900 /
souls. SIc has seen poverty anu st2rya-
ton Increase year after yegr. She mas
seen the large ans r.~parlus maGUiaC- !
tories ole cut aud the JGsy mlIWheel |
cease 30 turn.
With suca ghaatlv panorama easing !
before her mind, bitter indeed must DE /
her cup Of 10y. And more bitter yet, for
i she looks beyond the seas, she behOlds /
those ezIss wlo were driven 10 = strange
land during her Taign, "literaiIy forcing
their way through the disabilities Of their
native land into the highest stations Of
every other, and well TewsTding the pol
icy that promotes them by achievements
the most heroic, and allegiance without Q
blemlsh." And she might even now,
when tie sun oi her lies day has nearly
set forever, make some etOuoment for
the past, sud eGShrinG her name with un-
dying luster in the hearts of all the civil
lied nations Of the earth, by giving TO
Ireland the right 70 life sDd liberty,
right which | believe the God Of eternal
Justice has in store for 81 mankind She
Is but figure head and cannot much be
blamed.
Gladstone, in the evening Of his event
!ul life, Jaw the great wrong which had
been inflicted upon Ireland for centuries,
and TO which ne himself had contributed,
and Ike al master minds confessed his
error, aTrayed himself On the side of the
oppressed and doWctrodden; and by
that one great Gro wing sct, his name is
rcyereG in evalv cline. And when the
child yet unborn shall write the story Of
this eventiul period, bis name shall stand
high upon the scroll of fame as the
friend OF humanity and Of the brother
hood CT man.
Nor can we forget ParneIl, his younger
brother, in this great fight for freedom.
lie entered the contest singIe-handed
and oloUP, when the political skies we're
dark and the prospects gloomy. During
the turbulent period II his political
career in the House Of Commons, SIS
he plead for Ireland, ne would
remind you Of The great Earl Of Chatham,
who more than century since plead
with the eluqGeDce Of 3 Christian stsJes-
men in behalf OF the struggling colonies.
And | say Of P2rnell to-day, ss the dis
Cahill said Of Irel2nG'S illus
tTious O'ConneI, many years ago, "That
ne placed himself 81 the head Of ideas and
rot soldiers, and by TIE triumphs Of
reason he has gained much greater CON
CessiOns than could ever De achieved by
the flashing sword or the thuGders Of ar
tilery." ''He has filed the whole earth
with lis fame; he is the Ii Zht ofOur skies,
The undyinG creation CT oar age, 81 CrnG-
ment Of our race and the impe-ishgble I
to the name and character Of
Ireland"
The government may cripple the Land ]
League under the clause of the coercion
bill (which deals with the proclslminS Of
associations" but If it does, {
others viii spring up in its place. The ,
hearts of men in which poverty, want ,